Reducing Battery Impact of Network Device Arp Spoofing

2. The method of managing ARP spoofing to reduce battery power consumption in a private network client device of claim 1, where inserting the private network device between a router or gateway and one or more private network client devices comprises sending an ARP packet to the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices.

3. The method of managing ARP spoofing to reduce battery power consumption in a private network client device of claim 1, wherein the traffic types comprise one or more of DHCP, IP broadcast, and IP unicast packets from either the client to the router or from the router to the client, and ARP broadcast queries.

4. The method of managing ARP spoofing to reduce battery power consumption in a private network client device of claim 1, further comprising periodically sending ARP packets to the router or gateway when sending of periodic ARP packets to at least one of the one or more private network devices has been suspended.

5. The method of managing ARP spoofing to reduce battery power consumption in a private network client device of claim 1, further comprising removing the one or more private network devices from a network device list after a period of inactivity.

6. The method of managing ARP spoofing to reduce battery power consumption in a private network client device of claim 1, further comprising monitoring the private network for ARP packets from the one or more private network devices, and reinserting the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices using ARP spoofing in response to discovering an ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices.

7. The method of managing ARP spoofing to reduce battery power consumption in a private network client device of claim 1, wherein reinserting the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices using ARP spoofing in response to discovering an ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices comprises delaying at least ten milliseconds between discovering an ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices and sending ARP packets to reinsert the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices.

8. The method of managing ARP spoofing to reduce battery power consumption in a private network client device of claim 1, wherein reinserting the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices using ARP spoofing in response to discovering an ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices comprises sending ARP packets to reinsert the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices multiple times over the first five seconds after discovering the ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices.

10. The network security device of claim 9, where inserting the private network device between a router or gateway and one or more private network client devices comprises sending an ARP packet to the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices.

11. The network security device of claim 9, wherein the traffic types comprise one or more of DHCP, IP broadcast, and IP unicast packets from either the client to the router or from the router to the client, and ARP broadcast queries.

12. The network security device of claim 9, the ARP spoofing module further operable to periodically sending ARP packets to the router or gateway when sending of periodic ARP packets to at least one of the one or more private network devices has been suspended.

13. The network security device of claim 9, the ARP spoofing module further operable to remove the one or more private network devices from a network device list after a period of inactivity.

14. The network security device of claim 9, the ARP spoofing module further operable to monitor the private network for ARP packets to and/or from the one or more private network devices, and to reinsert the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices using ARP spoofing in response to discovering an ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices.

15. The network security device of claim 9, wherein reinserting the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices using ARP spoofing in response to discovering an ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices comprises delaying at least ten milliseconds between discovering an ARP broadcast packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices and sending ARP packets to reinsert the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices.

16. The network security device of claim 9, wherein reinserting the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices using ARP spoofing in response to discovering an ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices comprises sending ARP packets to reinsert the private network device between the router or gateway and the one or more private network client devices multiple times over the first five seconds after discovering the ARP packet from the router or gateway or one or more private network devices.